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Erwin Panofsky Quotes

The connoisseur might be defined as a laconic art historian, and the art historian as a loquacious connoisseur.

The connoisseur might be defined as a laconic art historian, and the art historian as a loquacious connoisseur.

Erwin Panofsky
Art, Might, Laconic
Erwin Panofsky (1955). “Meaning in the visual arts: papers in and on art history”

While it is true that commercial art is always in danger of ending up as a prostitute, it is equally true that noncommercial art is always in danger of ending up as an old maid.

Erwin Panofsky
Art, Maids, Danger
Erwin Panofsky, William S. Heckscher (1997). “Three Essays on Style”, p.120, MIT Press

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